José Bowen: Beethoven as Bill Gates
If Beethoven as Bill Gates doesn’t make sense then never mind, José Bowen trusts us to figure it out. On another t[r]ack, he thinks he might tell the story of music delivery, literally from Pounding Rocks to Pounding Rock. He does a sail by of the first 10,000 years then with all the skill of a great conductor who knows his material, is authoritative and with impeccable timing takes us on a musical magic carpet ride.
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ABOUT José Bowen
“José Bowen is Dean of the Meadows School of the Arts, and Algur H. Meadows Chair and Professor of Music, at Southern Methodist University.
He began his teaching career at Stanford University in 1982, first as the Director of Jazz Ensembles, and then for the Humanities Special Programmes and the Afro-American Studies Programme.
In 1994, he became the Founding Director of C.H.A.R.M (Centre for Analysis of Recorded Music) at the University of Southampton, England.
He returned to America in 1999 as the first holder of the endowed Caestecker Chair of Music in the new programme in the Performing Arts at Georgetown University. In 2004, Miami University named him Dean of Fine Arts and Professor of Music.
He has written over 100 scholarly articles in many journals, holds four degrees from Stanford University: a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, a Master of Arts in music composition, a Master of Arts in humanities and a joint Ph.D. in musicology and humanities.
He has been a pioneer in active learning and the use of technology in the classroom, including podcasts and online games. In 1985 he wrote a symphony that was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Music, a film score, and music for Hubert Laws, Jerry Garcia and many others.
In over 30 years as a jazz performer, he has appeared in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the United States with Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby McFerrin, Dave Brubeck, Liberace, and many others. His compositions, conducting and playing are featured on numerous recordings and his latest CD ‘Uncrowded Night’ where he is featured playing with the José Bowen Quartet.”
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